Content Delivery Networks

Akamai

Akamai is 'that big content delivery company everybody knows'. They have a huge network and over 100,000 servers all over the world. Akamai's service offering ranges from enterprise cloud computing to HD video delivery. But you can also use Akamai for 'simple static content delivery'.

Amazon Cloudfront

Amazon Cloudfront is a global CDN for serving static and streaming content. It works seamlessly with any origin server and other Amazon Web Services (S3, EC2), supports secure webpages and there are no contracts or monthly commitments: it's pay as you go.

Bitgravity

Bitgravity started business in 2006, has competitive pricing, provides 24/7 phone and email support and has a strong POP presence in Australia and India.

Cachefly

Cachefly has a strong focus on static file serving, provides a 100% service level agreement and a 30-day free trial. POPs are in US, EU, Asia, Australia, South-America and Africa. Pricing starts at $0.37/GB and drops to $0.12/GB at high volume (50TB/m).

CDN77

CDN77 London-based CDN77.com launched in March 2012 and is a low-cost CDN provider. CDN77 has 25+ POPs around the world and offers a free 14-day trial.

CDNetworks

CDNetworks has been in the CDN business since 2000 and has POPs in 6 continents, including an impressive 20 POPs in China. CDNetworks has a focus on emerging markets like Russia and India.

CDNify

CDNify provides a easy to use CDN service with monthly and yearly contracts. CDNify has POPs in 18 locations in North-America and Europe and Asia, incl. in India. Custom SSL integration is free.

ChinaCache

ChinaCache is well-known as the CDN market leader in China, which undoubtly has to do with thei 127 POP locations and 11000 servers in mainland China. The CDN features list is impressive, including hotlink protection, custom CNAME for SSL and Purge All.

ChinaNetCenter

ChinaNetCenter has 300 POPs in mainland China and POPs on other continents as well, including Australia and South America.

EdgeCast

EdgeCast is a top player in CDN land with 24 'SuperPOPs' in the US, EU, Asia, Australia and South-America. EdgeCast offers useful features like a HTTP Rules Engine, multiple origins and CNAMEs and 3 query string caching modes.

Fastly

Fastly is a new generation content delivery network provider with a globally distributed network of edge servers that delivers static content and dynamic/API content. Key features are instant purging, instant updates and spike protection.

Highwinds

Highwinds owns and operates its own network and has POPs in 13 cities in the US, in 7 cities in Europe, two in Brazil, three in Asia and one in Sydney. Highwinds provides an award-winning online console/control panel and real-time analytics.

Incapsula

Incapsula is security-focused CDN that offers many integrated security services including WAF and Bot filtering. They have POPS on 5 continents and plans ranging from Free to Enterprise.

Internap

Internap offers CDN services around the globe since 1996 and is a big player in the market. Internap uses exclusively paid transit connections with ISP partners to ensure quality delivery.

KeyCDN

KeyCDN launched in 2012 and is a global CDN with their own infrastructure and POPs in US, Europe, Asia, South-America and Australia. They offer a true pay-as-you-go pricing model with a competitive global flat-rate of $0.04/GB for traffic.

Leaseweb

Leaseweb Dutch hosting company Leaseweb launched their CDN in June 2013 and now has POPs in Europe, US and Singapore, with more POPs coming soon. Leaseweb CDN has all the basic features in place and is powered by 100% SSD technology.

Level3

Level3 is a big, 20+ years old IP network and content delivery company. Level3 owns a Tier 1 backbone, has POPs all over the world and supports all key CDN features.

Limelight

Limelight is a high-end CDN with a large infrastructure: 18000+ servers in 80+ locations and direct connections to 950+ last-mile access networks around the world. Limelight offers all key features, including HTTPS with custom CNAMEs.

MaxCDN

MaxCDN launched in 2009 and has developed into a global CDN with a strong offering, including real-time stats and always $39.95 for your first TB and a 30-day, money-back guarantee.

NGENIX

NGENIX NGENIX has 23 POPs in Russia and the CIS countries and is focussed purely on the *delivery* of content in that part of the world. SSL, API, logfiles etc. NGENIX CDN has all the basic functionality.

SkyparkCDN

SkyparkCDN is a global CDN with the largest network in Russia and Ukraine. Their CDN has a low barrier to entry with a pay as you go model.

Telefónica

Telefónica is a large, global telco that launched their CDN in 2011. Telefónica has strong POP coverage in Europe and South-America and provides a rich feature set.

XCDN

XCDN XCDN is 'Akamai for basic website delivery without a commit'. You pay as you go and your content is delivered by Akamai’s global delivery platform. XCDN is operated by Exceda, the only Akamai partner with certified professional services trained personnel on staff.